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10 Tips for Getting Your Work/Life in Balance
Here are 10 tips to help you achieve a better balance in your life. Take a moment to read andreflect on these tips -- and then get your life in balance!
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Negotiate a Change with Your Current Employer. Progressive employers recognize thevalue of good employees, and many are willing to find ways to help current employeesdeal with short-term or permanent changes caused by family situations. The changes caninclude flextime, job-sharing, telecommuting, or part-time employment. Your first step is toresearch your employer's policies and methods of handling previous requests. Then go toyour boss armed with information and a plan that shows how you will be an even morevaluable and productive employee if you can modify your current work situation.
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Find a New Career. Some careers are simply more stressful and time-consuming thanothers. If you need more time for yourself or your family, now may be the time to explorecareers that are less stressful and more flexible.
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Find a New Job. Rather than a career change, perhaps you simply need to take a lessstressful job within your chosen career. This change may involve working with your current employer to identify a new position, it may involve a full job-search, or it mayinvolve temping or becoming a consultant or starting a freelancing or other home-basedbusiness.
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Slow Down. Life is simply too short, so don't let things pass you in a blur. Take steps tostop and enjoy the things and people around you. Schedule more time betweenmeetings; don't make plans for every evening or weekend, and find some ways todistance yourself from the things that are causing you the most stress.
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Learn to Better Manage Your Time. Avoid Procrastination. For many people, most of thestress they feel comes from simply being disorganized -- and procrastinating. Learn to setmore realistic goals and deadlines -- and then stick to them. You'll find that not only areyou less stressed, but your work will be better.
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Share the Load. Even though we may sometimes feel we're the only ones capable of doing something, it's usually not the case. Get your partner or other family members tohelp you with all your personal/family responsibilities. Taking care of the household,children, or parents should not be the responsibility of just one person.
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Let Things Go. (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.)It's simpler said than done, but learn to letthings go once in a while. So what if the dishes don't washed everyday or that the housedoesn't get vacuumed every week. Learn to recognize the things that don't really havemuch impact in your life and allow yourself to let them go -- and then not beat yourself upfor doing so.
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Explore Your Options. Get Help. If you are feeling overwhelmed with your familyresponsibilities, please get help if you can afford it. Find a sitter for your children, exploreoptions for aging parents, and seek counseling for yourself. In many cases, you haveoptions, but you need to take the time to find them.
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Take Charge. Set Priorities. Sometimes it's easier for us to allow ourselves to feeloverwhelmed rather than taking charge and developing a prioritized list of things thatneed to get done. You need to buck the trend. Develop a list. Set priorities. And thenenjoy the satisfaction of crossing things off your list.
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Simplify. It seems human nature for just about everyone to take on too many tasks andresponsibilities, to try to do too much, and to own too much. Find a way to simplify your life. Change your lifestyle. Learn to say no to requests for help. Get rid of the clutter andbaggage in your house -- and your life.
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